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A man caught smuggling drugs into prison was behind bars waiting to be dealt with for the horrific, 15 hour-long torture of a woman where she was beaten, cut and doused in petrol.
Ryan Colin Bell, 33, was in custody for the 2019 torture of Sophie Whiteley when he came up with a âmastermindâ plan to have drugs smuggled into Woodford Correctional Centre. Bell and another man âconnedâ two women into smuggling 59 strips of suboxone into the facility in November that year.
One of the women had placed the wrapped drugs in her mouth but was stopped by security guards when entering.
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Subscriber only Methamphetamine has played a role in the lives of at least half a dozen Coast residents who have had their day in Maroochydore District Court this year. From drug deals to stabbings and even a torture, the common denominator for some of the most shocking cases heard has been the highly addictive substance. The impact methamphetamine has on users is heard like a broken record in Sunshine Coast courts as lawyers and defendants repeatedly share how addictions have broken relationships, fuelled crime and caused financial hardship. Crown prosecutor Stipe Drinovac told a court last week that methamphetamine wreaked havoc on the community as a Woombye dad was placed on parole for dealing the drug.
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Subscriber only A friend of child killer Matthew Scown says she accepted death when she was subjected to horrific torture by a woman high on meth. Tyniell Jade Brand, 26, was on Wednesday sentenced to jail for torturing Sophie Whiteley who in 2019 had been involved with Scown- the stepfather convicted of manslaughter over Tyrell Cobb s death. Maroochydore District Court heard Brand carried out the torture with a co-accused who allegedly scorned Ms Whiteley, 29, for bringing a kid killer into my home . Â Tyniell Jade Brand has been jailed for torturing a woman. Crown prosecutor Christopher Cook said the trio had taken methamphetamine when the co-accused allegedly began shocking Ms Whiteley with a taser at his Maroochydore home on June 5, 2019.
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Subscriber only A friend of child killer Matthew Scown says she accepted death when she was subjected to horrific torture by a woman high on meth. Tyniell Jade Brand, 26, was on Wednesday sentenced to jail for torturing Sophie Whiteley who in 2019 had been involved with Scown- the stepfather convicted of manslaughter over Tyrell Cobb s death. Maroochydore District Court heard Brand carried out the torture with a co-accused who allegedly scorned Ms Whiteley, 29, for bringing a kid killer into my home . Â Tyniell Jade Brand has been jailed for torturing a woman. Crown prosecutor Christopher Cook said the trio had taken methamphetamine when the co-accused allegedly began shocking Ms Whiteley with a taser at his Maroochydore home on June 5, 2019.